by Josh Earnest | Jan 16, 2015 | Monitor
This week, House Republicans put at risk critical funding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs to keep our nation safe by insisting on a series of amendments to overturn the President’s immigration accountability executive actions. The GOP plan...
by Cecilia Muñoz | Apr 21, 2014 | Monitor
One of my most treasured possessions, which hangs in my office in the West Wing of the White House, is a letter from the late Senator Ted Kennedy, sent during the immigration debate of 2007. He sent a lot of them, thanking and encouraging those of us who were fighting...
by Cecilia Muñoz | Aug 15, 2013 | Monitor
One year ago today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began implementing a policy that makes our immigration system more representative of our values as a nation. On this day, DHS began accepting requests for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...
by Cecilia Muñoz | Jul 23, 2013 | Monitor
We've got some good news to share– Senators from both parties have come up with a plan to reduce the interest rates on student loans. Once it becomes law, rates on every single new college loan will come down before the start of the school year. ...
by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Alan Krueger, Cecilia Muñoz and Gene Sperling | Jul 1, 2013 | Monitor
On Friday, we got even more proof of the high costs of inaction on bipartisan commonsense immigration reform. In a letter to Senator Rubio released on Friday, the independent Social Security Office of the Chief Actuary provided a long-term analysis of the bipartisan...